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riverbendviewgal

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40. If it were my son

Thu Feb 7, 2013, 05:20 PM

Feb 2013

I would have taken pictures of him in his casket and mailed them to every member of congress and every governor of the USA. and every member of the states' congress. and every police chief in America . and every member of the NRA...including and especially the NRA Board of directors.

did I forget any one?

maybe the MSM, especially FOX News.

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Newton Mother: "Let Them See What They've Done" [View all] kpete Feb 2013 OP

Before Congress votes PADemD Feb 2013 #1

Exactly. Loons wave pictures of fetuses outside of women's clinics. onehandle Feb 2013 #2

+1,000,000!!! 2naSalit Feb 2013 #8

Again, a million times over. No more covering it up. freshwest Feb 2013 #57

Great idea! LibGranny Feb 2013 #65

But that would be like looking at photos of war, and we know Congress doesn't give valerief Feb 2013 #4

I agree. Not photos - they should see actual human beings affected by their legislation. Matariki Feb 2013 #29

I think they should be published in the NYT Greybnk48 Feb 2013 #5

Absolutely marions ghost Feb 2013 #23

Ill do you one better... Volaris Feb 2013 #46

Yes, 26 OPEN caskets in the Rotunda. Auntie Bush Feb 2013 #61

HUGE K & R !!! WillyT Feb 2013 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author mokawanis Feb 2013 #6

That picture always makes my heart stop progressoid Feb 2013 #14

It really gets to me too mokawanis Feb 2013 #20

Just no words. Chorophyll Feb 2013 #22

No words here, either. I'm getting little Grandson Nay (age 6) this afternoon, and every Nay Feb 2013 #32

... Chorophyll Feb 2013 #41

Thanks for the hug...I just took the little fellow home to his parents for his bath and bedtime. Nay Feb 2013 #63

What a sweet little boy! smirkymonkey Feb 2013 #60

Mother courage Hekate Feb 2013 #7

Flag draped caskets were too much for America! SCVDem Feb 2013 #9

agreed sad-cafe Feb 2013 #36

No. That was a BushCo edict so we would not protest the useless carnage. WinkyDink Feb 2013 #43

This made me cry all over again lunatica Feb 2013 #10

It's not strange, it's mother courage tavalon Feb 2013 #54

This made me cry again, too mike dub Feb 2013 #11

same here. BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2013 #28

You have humanity tavalon Feb 2013 #56

At the very least, publish color photos of the classrooms after the bodies were removed. mountain grammy Feb 2013 #12

especially that little Vietnamese girl HockeyMom Feb 2013 #16

1972...long after the turning point in Vietnam alcibiades_mystery Feb 2013 #27

You think? 1972's election wouldn't be evidence of any "turning point". WinkyDink Feb 2013 #45

Hell yes, just responded on another thread about that photo. libdem4life Feb 2013 #47

I'd go with that marions ghost Feb 2013 #24

Anyone who has seen the Zapruder film (unedited version) HockeyMom Feb 2013 #34

So do you think the public should see the pix of the location marions ghost Feb 2013 #39

Without the bodies? YES HockeyMom Feb 2013 #49

Agreed, without the bodies of children-- marions ghost Feb 2013 #53

I saw Bud Dwyer kill himself on live TV (graphic text) justiceischeap Feb 2013 #52

I've said it a couple of times here. SheilaT Feb 2013 #13

This mother's courage also contrasts with the selfishness of the right wing-nuts mike dub Feb 2013 #15

My right wing family is the same abelenkpe Feb 2013 #21

I'm sorry to hear this...... BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2013 #30

My brother too riverbendviewgal Feb 2013 #42

Women who want abortions are forced to have ultrasounds they don't need and look at kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #17

Yes, photos yesphan Feb 2013 #33

Of course the RW cabin have it both ways Tagish_Charlie Feb 2013 #55

I think it's about time that these families that have the courage to show what the damage southernyankeebelle Feb 2013 #18

Courageous mother Gin Feb 2013 #19

That's my son's name. tblue Feb 2013 #25

No one needs a fucking assault rifle still_one Feb 2013 #26

Real legislation would be dealing with guns and gun owners glowing Feb 2013 #31

I like your thinking. Thinkingabout Feb 2013 #68

I've been so impressed by the Sandy Hook Elementary parents. Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2013 #35

I would not be so calm sad-cafe Feb 2013 #37

I marvel at them. I really do. Chorophyll Feb 2013 #44

It just breaks my heart. blackspade Feb 2013 #38

If it were my son riverbendviewgal Feb 2013 #40

Sadly, I would have done so, also. libdem4life Feb 2013 #48

+1000 HockeyMom Feb 2013 #50

I have to say, this is turning into a nation of cowards. AtheistCrusader Feb 2013 #51

I'm not so sure that "we" are afraid to look. Glamrock Feb 2013 #69

Bless her heart.. That's what Mothers do. Cha Feb 2013 #58

Joe Madison on Sirius XM said this at the time Alcibiades Feb 2013 #59

right to life protests. guss Feb 2013 #62

Just like Emmett Till's mother did in 1955. Let them see what they did to my boy. nt Claybrains Feb 2013 #64

YES! Publish the photos! MsPithy Feb 2013 #66

I also had to see my dead son Disconnect Feb 2013 #67

They reap what they sow .... King_Klonopin Feb 2013 #70

Its NEW-TOWN not newt-on. Newtown, CT nt bonniebgood Feb 2013 #71